In the early part of the Indian innings, Shubman Gill was facing Mitchell Starc. In between deliveries, Labuschagne, who was fielding close in, tried to distract the Indian opener. Speaking to cricket.com.au at the end of the day’s play, Labuschagne spoke about his banter with Gill.
Asked if he eventually managed to get an answer out of Shubman Gill, Labuschagne jokingly added:
This is how the exact conversation went:
Earlier in the day, Labuschagne missed out on a well-deserved hundred as he was caught by Ravindra Jadeja at slip, nine short of the three-figure mark.
Shubman Gill registers impressive maiden fifty, then gives it away
There would have been mixed emotions for Shubman Gill at stumps on Day 2. Responding to Australia’s first-innings total of 338, the 21-year-old looked in complete control against the experienced Aussie pace bowling trio of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood.
Gill dominated the opening stand of 70 with Rohit Sharma. He hit eight pleasing fours en route to his maiden Test fifty, but perished immediately after, guiding Cummins to gully.
India ended the day on 96 for 2 with Ajinkya Rahane (5) and Cheteshwar Pujara (9) negotiating a tough period of play.
0 votes
